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After three years and many requests, Daniel Ambuehl has just uploaded an English version of his "Kinshi - How it's made" video. Enjoy:

First of all, a little background: I learned a long time ago to isolate my larvae in individual containers so that if there was a disease, it wouldn't result in mass fatalities. So, this has me befuddled: A few weeks ago, I noticed that my D. tityus L2's weren't looking very healthy and some...

Okay, this is my experimental D. tityus that I kept at around 60-65 degrees Fahrenheit all throughout her larval an pupal stages. The only food source I used for her was rotting wood that I collected from the woods near my house. As you can see, she's a monster! Total time from a hatchling to...

I'm looking for Northern Dusk Singing Cicadas for my pinned collection of North American cicadas. I need a male and female to add to the collection. Specimens should be preserved and in good shape with collection date and location data. PM me if you have one or two that I could buy off of...

I came across the following information about the composition of Traeger pellets and thought I'd share it with you: "The base wood if you are on the west coast is alder and the east coast is oak. "Mesquite or Hickory 100% base wood (alder or oak) with flavor oils no actual Mesquite or Hickory...

I've got about 65 D. granti eggs that were laid a couple of months ago. This is my first time raising D. granti, but I've reared D. tityus in the past. Call me impatient, but I'm just curious as to how long of a wait I have before the D. granti hatch?

I recently purchased 10 Dynastes tityus and 6 Lucanus elaphus larvae from Goliathus. Throughout the process, he was prompt and did an outstanding job communicating with me. The transaction between us was smooth and painless. The larvae arrived promptly and on the exact day I had requested...

I have eight Pleasing Fungus Beetles, specifically the species Megalodacne fasciata. I've had them for about two months, now, and I haven't seen any eggs or larvae in the substrate. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how to breed them? Thanks in advance.

Does anybody know where I can purchase some pea protein isolate? I've checked out A&B Ingredients, but it seems like I need to find a distributor for them, or something.

Just wishing you a happy birthday and a merry Christmas! Cheers P.S. - The M&F D. tityus beetles you sent are doing excellent and have mated. I'm looking forward to some eggs VERY soon!

I have two Bess Beetles. One, I've had for over a year and a half. The other one, I found in June of this year (2013). They seem to enjoy each others company. The newer Bess Beetle is a lot smaller than the older beetle. So, at first, I was thinking they might be of opposite sexes...

I've been trying to edit my profile page for a couple of weeks, but all I get is a page full of odd ASCII characters when I click the "Edit my Profile" button. I was using Chrome, so I thought maybe there was something wrong with the Chrome browser. Today, I decided to try it with my Firefox...

Yes, I know Plectrodera scalator is considered a pest by many. However, I think these somewhat large beetles are strikingly beautiful!--Hey, one man's pest is another man's pet! I collected an adult early in the summer and fed it leaf stems and shoots from poplar, cottonwood, and willow trees...